My tree

Last week I was snuggled up in bed with the husband. I had gotten back into full force on my ancestry research after about an 8 month break. There was something I found on Pinterest that was deep in my thoughts for some time now and I finally decided to attempt it.

Now I have never stated I was artists or creative. In fact I look at some of the things I see on Pinterest and stare in awe at the creativity. Up until about a year ago my walls have been pretty bare in my house that I've lived in for 12 years now. Why you ask? Because I look at my walls and I see nothing. No creative juices flow through this mind at all!

So in my bed the other night I said to the husband, "Can I put a tree on the wall here behind the bed? And put pictures of our family?" His usual answer to about just anything followed, "I suppose. If that is what you want to do." Now what I lack in creative ideas I make up for in impulsive whims. From the moment my head hit that pillow until the time I touched that wall with the first stroke of brown outline pencil, that was all I could think about.

And so I started. Outlined, drawn and painted it was finished in around 4 hours. All while the husband was at work. When he got home and found the bed pulled away from the wall and a tree drawn on it I got a look. And, "I didn't really think you were going to do this." Silly husband, when will he ever learn, was my thinking.

The next day came the great picture hunt. I decided to only go four generations back on this tree. Maybe more but for now I will share what I have so far. It is a work in progress. I am now going to track down relatives for pictures. So here it is........

 I will share my progress as I go.

~April~